Western Europe, Italy, ca. 1920. A carved ivory handle in the form of the head of Pan, the goat-footed god of the wild, shown as a grinning youthful faun with curling hair, on a turned ivory collar.

Carved handles for umbrellas and walking sticks were fashionable accessories in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and classical subjects were particularly popular. Source: Busacca Gallery, San Francisco, 2009.